Improvement in babeel-waseing machines



- by correspondingly'extending the fr @eine tatcsl @anni @frn J o NA 'r11 A N PE Ace eK, o F 1t o o Kre 1i. n, I LLI No I s. Letters Patent N 68,311, dated August 27, '.liti'.V

lIMPnovrzumvr 1N BARREL-WASHING MACHINES.

'TO ALL WHOM IT'MAY CONCERN:

.lle it known that I, JQNhTIIAN PEACOCK, of Rockford, in thc'county of Winnebago, `and State-of Illinois,-

-h'nve'inventedn1- e'wand useful' Improvement' in -]?\arrcl-`W'.1shing Machines,-ot` which ,theifollowing is afull,

clenr,an'd exact description, reference being had to the accompanying(lrawings, which make part of this spec i ieation, and in which- I Figure 1 represents a view in elevation :of-one sideof my improved machine. Figure 2 represents an end view of the same. Figure. 3 repres'entsa'plan-or top view ofv the water-trough or reservoir.

Figure 4- rcpresents one wav of holding the barrels in the rotating frames, an'dfof changing-their angle to i their plane of rotation.v v

Figure 5 represents a device for simultaneously changing the. position of all the vbarrels in-a frame; and .l F igure represents an enlarged view of thefs'ame to illustrate more clearlythe workinglofthedeviee.- The. invention herein claimed consists in certain improvements on `the barrel-washing machine for which Letters Ilatentfof theUntcd States were grantedto me on the thirteenthday'of March, '1866.

Inthe accompanying drawings', which show vone convenient waylof carrying out the objects of my invention,

the barrels are represented aselampedin suitable frames, A A', turning on axles or pivots B BBz in suitable journals 'in an ironframe, consisting of three parallel .uprightfpiees l divided horiz'outally'in the line of the be` aQ1- i1'x`gsfthe uppfpmt'ionsl', vbeing'bolted'to`the'bas'esnit`t1i-t"pe'irit' to render the removal of the journals easy.' The frames which hold the barrels are composed of Y-shaped metallieheads D, having flanges, d d', ontheir extremities. The'fiangcs'fl on the long arnrot' the Yarc radial with the axis of rotation of the heads;

'those on the'shortarm of the Y, however, are not radial to this axis, but parallel to each other and to the radial anged. Bythis arrangement the clamp-rails aremovcd to or fromthe barrels, and yet still remain level.

The clamp-rails c e are adjusted nearer to or farther from their axis by means of slots f and set-screws f', as

fully described-in my former patent. To prevent too much strain on the set-screws, I ailsoinsert pins, z', through holes in-Athe tiangescl d', behind or outside of the clamping-rails. or washing dirty barrclsLI have founfhit useful to arrange the barrels in thel frames atan'angle. to'their line of rotation, as shown in the drawings. In this instance'asinglebarrcl only is shown in each frame, but it is obvious that thenumbercould be increased lamb. .To vset the barrels at an angle, I use a clamp, G, having a corrugated or roughened surface, and-curved to suit the bulge' oithe barrel; and by duplicating these clamps, as showin in 4the drawings, on each side-of theeentral line in which-the'barrcls are arranged, they may bc set'at an angle eitherway.'` I find itsometirnes useful to bc able to vary the angle tothe plane of the rotation of all thc barrels simultaneously'. Y This accomplish by the device shown in igs..5 Aand 6, and which fcousists in mounting the clamps L in circular guideways It', on theclamping-rails, so that they may vibrate arcs' of which the axis of rotationoi the-frame forms the ccutrc. The Clampsare shifted by bars J, which slide in loopsor guides j, parallehte and on the sides of the clamping-rails e. 'lhe two'clamps arcvconncctcd by means of a balance-lever, K, pivoted on a cross-bar, It, extending from one rail to the other. As the llanges orguidcs in which the rails move are parallel, the rails can be adjusted toer from theeentrcwithout 'disturbing this cross-bar, which would not be the caseif the flanges radiated from a common centre.A The'bluc dotted -lines,-ir 1}iig.-6, vshow the barrel arranged at one angle, and the red lines 'shewit as turned the other way. It is obvious that by increasing the length of the slide-bars, any number ofbarrels couldbe'shiftedby the use lof a single lever. 'lhc watcr-trough L is arranged above the frame, but instead of the slide-valve, described in my former patent, I- employ liftor flap-valves l, connected by cords to arms m, onfa rocleshaft, M, arranged on o ncside ofthe trough, and'having a lever,"m, on its outside, taking into a cat-ch, me, on theft-ame. The-pipes to sup-ply the barrels .with water pass through a lifting-frame, O, suspended beneath the trough, but which" can 'be held up when required by a catch, o. 4The trough is divided by a transverse partition intotwo compartments, which communicate Vby. avalve, p, provided with a balancelever, P,so that -the Aweight of the head-keeps the valve either open or shut, as

required. This valve regulates the relative quantity of water in each compartment. The frames are rotated bya band passing around the pulley R, which is thrown into and out of gear by means o f ordinary clutch-lever S. A latch-lever or detent,t, locks over a pin, onthe shaft, and thus holds the frames steadyfwhile the barrels arebeing put in, removed, lled, or emptied. lo prevent one barrel= from receiving more water than another, by reason of' sticks, straws, or other obstructions inthe supply pipe, I employ enough additionalvtransverse partitions in .the trough to form a separate compartment for each ,barrelfand to make these partitions low enough for the waterito ilow over them from one compartment to another,

The operation of my invention will readily be vunderstood from the abovedescription, and is also so clearly set forth in my original patent as to render a -recapitnlation of it here unnecessary. i

Wbat'I Aclaim as my inventionQand desire to secure by Ltter's Patent, is- 1. The combination, with the reservoir or trough, of the discharge'valves, the rocking-lever, -and the catch, all` arranged and operating as described. l l

2, The combination, with the trough, of ,the pipes, the lifting-frame. and the catch, all constructed, arranged, '1nd operating as described. i

3. The combination, with the water-trongh, of the balance-valve P, constructed and arranged as described. 4. The combination, withthc clamping-miles', of the serrated fixed clamps G, forllolding the barrel at an angle to the plane of rotation, as described. I i

,5. The'eombination, n'itb the clamping-rails, of the vibrating clamps li, arranged and operating as described. 6. The combination, substantially as described,- of the holding-rails, the vibrating clamps, the slide-bars, and the balance-lever.y Y i 7.' The combination ofthe lateh-lever'or dete-nt t'witlx the driving-shaft, as described.

In testimonv whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name. 'y

' JONATHAN PEACOOK. Witnessesv.

EDM. F. BROWN, 'J'. I. PEYToN. C?, 

